Six Nations etapa a 4-a Formatiile de start de sambata.

* Irlanda-Scotia. Cu 3 victorii asupra Irlandei in ultimii 9 ani, dar toate pe Murrayfield, insa aflata intr-o forma mare pe care i-a aratat-o Angliei, Scotia nu pare favorita in meciul de maine.  Irlanda are, in schimb, victorii mai convigatoare, 37-27 cu Tara Galilor, la Dublin 15-13 la Paris cu Franta si 56-19 cu Italia, tot la Dublin. 

Partida se va desfasura pe Aviva Stadium, Dublin, sambata 10 martie, cu incepere de la ora 16,15 (Ro) sub arbitrajul lui Wayne Barnes, Anglia. 

Irlanda: 15 Rob Kearney, 14 Keith Earls, 13 Garry Ringrose, 12 Bundee Aki, 11 Jacob Stockdale, 10 Johnny Sexton, 9 Conor Murray, 8 CJ Stander, 7 Dan Leavy, 6 Peter O’Mahony, 5 Devin Toner, 4 James Ryan, 3 Tadhg Furlong, 2 Rory Best (capitan), 1 Cian Healy.
Rezerve: 16 Sean Cronin, 17 Jack McGrath, 18 Andrew Porter, 19 Iain Henderson, 20 Jordi Murphy, 21 Kieran Marmion, 22 Joey Carbery, 23 Jordan Larmour.

Scotia: 15 Stuart Hogg, 14 Blair Kinghorn, 13 Huw Jones, 12 Pete Horne, 11 Sean Maitland, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Greig Laidlaw, 8 Ryan Wilson, 7 Hamish Watson, 6 John Barclay (capitan), 5 Jonny Gray, 4 Grant Gilchrist, 3 Simon Berghan, 2 Stuart McInally, 1 Gordon Reid.
Rezerve: 16 Fraser Brown, 17 Jamie Bhatti, 18 Willem Nel, 19 Tim Swinson, 20 David Denton, 21 Ali Price, 22 Nick Grigg, 23 Lee Jones.

* Franta-Anglia.  In ultimele 10 partide, Franta a castigat doar de trei ori, din care de doua ori acasa, la Paris, o victorie fiind inregistrata la Wellington, Noua Zeelanda, la campionatul mondial 2011, unde Franta a prins finala cu gazdele. Anglia a castigat de doua ori la Pasir, cea mai recenta in 2016 si in 2012. 

Va avea loc pe Stade de France, de la ora 18,45 (Ro) cu arbitru Jaco Peyper (Africa de Sud)

Franta: 15 Hugo Bonneval, 14 Benjamin Fall, 13 Mathieu Bastareaud, 12 Geoffrey Doumayrou, 11 Rémy Grosso, 10 François Trinh-Duc, 9 Maxime Machenaud, 8 Marco Tauleigne, 7 Yacouba Camara, 6 Wenceslas Lauret, 5 Sébastien Vahaamahina, 4 Paul Gabrillagues, 3 Rabah Slimani, 2 Guilhelm Guirado (capitan)), 1 Jefferson Poirot.
Rezerve: 16 Adrien Pelissié, 17 Dany Priso, 18 Cedate Gomes Sa, 19 Romain Taofifenua, 20 Kélian Galletier, 21 Baptiste Couilloud, 22 Lionel Beauxis, 23 Gaël Fickou.

Anglia: 15 Anthony Watson, 14 Jonny May, 13 Ben Te’o, 12 Owen Farrell (capitan!), 11 Elliot Daly, 10 George Ford, 9 Danny Care, 8 Nathan Hughes, 7 Chris Robshaw, 6 Courtney Lawes, 5 Maro Itoje, 4 Joe Launchbury, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Jamie George, 1 Mako Vunipola.
Rezerve: 16 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 17 Joe Marler, 18 Kyle Sinckler, 19 James Haskell, 20 Sam Simmonds, 21 Richard Wigglesworth, 22 Jonathan Joseph, 23 Mike Brown.